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001 94018762
003 DLC
005 20130803074400.0
008 941121s1995 tnuacg b s001 0 eng
010 $a 94018762
020 $a0870498932 (pbk. : alk. paper)
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
043 $an-usa--
050 00 $aML3556$b.C667 1995
082 00 $a787.8/8/08996073075$220
100 1 $aConway, Cecelia.
245 10 $aAfrican banjo echoes in Appalachia :$ba study of folk traditions /$cCecelia Conway.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aKnoxville :$bUniversity of Tennessee Press,$cc1995.
300 $axxviii, 394 p. :$bill., ports., music ;$c25 cm.
490 1 $aPublications of the American Folklore Society. New series
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [359]-368) and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction: Griots of piedmont North Carolina and portrait of songster Will Baldwin -- Signifying at the crossroads : African-American traditions of the folk banjo -- The ritual of minstrelsy : some were buffoons, but others were apprentices -- Mountain echoes of the African banjo -- The banjo : its changing form, construction, and use -- The transmission of playing methods and tunings -- The banjo song genre : Dink Roberts' man-against-the-law songs -- Garfield : man against the law, but a man with a community -- Conclusion.
650 0 $aAfrican Americans$zAppalachian Region$xMusic$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aFolk music$zAppalachian Region$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aFolk songs, English$zAppalachian Region$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aBanjo$zAppalachian Region.
650 0 $aMinstrel shows$zAppalachian Region.
830 0 $aPublications of the American Folklore Society.$pNew series (Unnumbered)